Classic Rock Features

The Cult's Ian Astbury adopts an 'If you don't ask, you don't get' approach while miming for German TV show Music Convoy

How maverick Britrocker Ginger Wildheart survived another messy divorce to shack up with his new band, Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners

Diamond Dogs marked the point at which David Bowie began to shed his glam-rock skin. He then embarked on one of rock's most expensive – and dangerous – tours

The Cramps' Goo Goo Muck has gone viral thanks to Netflix's Wednesday show - but the song's history is as murky as the music itself

Metalheads might have been the poster children of Satanic Panic in the '80s, but these days it's popstars and fashion labels that are coming under fire for supposed devilish deeds

Eight beautiful baubles hanging from the newly erected Christmas tree of rock

From Ike and Tina Turner's explosive, raw beginnings to their final R&B hurrah, they crossed many musical genres - and these are their best albums

In 2004, the late Christine McVie told us about her quiet life away from Fleetwood Mac: "I watch Law & Order almost every night, and I like Homicide: Life On The Street"

The story of how the Alan Parsons Project went stratospheric with 1982's Eye In The Sky

Smash it up! Smash it up! Not every The Damned album warrants your attention, but here's their catalogue, ranked worst to best

Metallica could churn out Seek And Destroy for the millionth time on their upcoming M72 world tour… or they could dig out one of these 17 never-played deep cuts

Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes reaches into his record collection and pulls out King Diamond, Slayer and Björk

In 1986, a coked-up Stephen King directed his first feature film, Maximum Overdrive - then engaged in a goofy trans-Atlantic interview with AC/DC, who provided the soundtrack

Archers Of Loaf's Eric Bachmann on burnout, returning, and rediscovering his anger – poured into the band's new album – at 52

Pink Floyd’s classic line-up reunited only once, to play the historic Live 8 charity concert in 2005. Just don’t ask them to do it again

Musicians slating each other via the media is old news, but occasionally the ill-feeling reaches the real world, resulting in fracas and fisticuffs

In 2006, the late great Ronnie James Dio told us about what he called "the greatest album ever made"

Six songs to introduce you to the fierce funk-rock wizardry of Atlanta's very own Mother's Finest

The best Smashing Pumpkins albums are at times sublime, at times challenging. This is your guide to all all them, from workmanlike worst to breathtaking best